Eight cantos on Rudra

O Ishan! I pray You, the one Who is the lord of
all, Who is in eternal Nirvana-bliss, Who is resplendent, Who is
omni-present, and Who is Brahman and Ved in totality. I adore
You, Who is for self, Who is formless, Who is without change,
Who is passionless, Who is like the sky (immeasurable), and Who
lives in the sky.||1||

I bow prostrate to You, Who is without a
form, Who is the root of sounds, Who is the fourth impersonal
state of the Atman, Who is beyond the scope of tongue, knowledge
and sense-organs, Who is the Lord, Who is the Lord of Himalaya,
Who is fierce, Who is the destroyer of fierce Kala, Who is
benevolent, Who is the abode of qualities, and is beyond the
universe.||2||

I bow to You, Who is white on all like the
snow, Who is profound, Who is mind, Who is in the form of living
beings, Who has immense splendor and wealth. He has shining
forehead with playful and enticing Ganga, He has shiny forehead
with a crescent moon, and He has snake garlands in the neck.||3||

I adore Shankara, Who has swaying earrings,
Who has beautiful eye on the forehead, Who is spreadout and
large, Who is happy at face, Who has a blue-throat, Who is
benevolent, Who has a lion-skin around His waist, Who has
skull-cap garland, and Who is the dear-Lord of everyone.||4||

I adore the Lord of Bhavani, Who is fierce,
Who is immense, Who is mature and brave, Who is beyond everyone,
Who is indivisible, Who is unborn, Who is resplendent like
millions of sun, Who uproots the three qualities (and makes us
dispassionate), Who holds a trident, and Who can be achieved
with emotions.||5||

O Destroyer of Kamadev, Who is beyond
artwork, Who is auspicious, Who causes the end of the universe,
Who always provides bliss to good people, Who destroyed Pura,
Who is eternal bliss, Who absolves abundant passion! O Prabhu!
Please be happy, be happy.||6||

Those who don't adore the lotus-feet of the
Lord of Uma (Shiv), that men don't get happiness, comfort, and
peace — in this world or the other worlds after death. O
the abode of all the living beings! O Prabhu! Please be
happy.||7||

I don't know yoga, japa (chanting of names),
or prayers. Still, I am bowing continuously and always to You.
O Shambhu! O Prabhu! Save me from the unhappiness due to old
age, birth, grief, sins, and troubles. I bow to You, Who is the
Lord.||8||